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At age 63, Maurice Thomas wasn't ready to retire, so he bought an electrical contractor with $1m in earnings instead.
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How Andrew Stordeur bought a 25-year-old furniture manufacturer in Alberta without having to use any of his own capital.
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Stephen Olmon & Collin Trimble set out to roll up the alarm industry in Texas. Alarm Masters is their first acquisition.
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Alan Lochridge left a career in consulting to buy a 20-year-old $5.5m hardscaping contractor with strong fundamentals.
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Despite an overwhelming transition, today Dan Tagliatela has 17x'd his initial investment and delegated the day-to-day.
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John Wilson bought & grew a very small plumbing business 26x over the last 7 years, and today has plans to reach $100m.
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Danny Fields & Steve Reis bought a decades-old utility supplier seemingly ripe for growth. It was harder than it looked.
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SBA lender Chad Fondriest got the itch to get in the game himself & bought a couple's hobby business doing just $150k.
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Tato Corcoran packed a lifetime of learning (and tears) into 18 months when she left tech & bought a tiny manufacturer.
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14 months ago, Russ Hadlock bought an auto glass business with $2.3m in sales. Today he is struggling to keep it alive.
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